81_FR_23606 81 FR 23529 - Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation

81 FR 23529 - Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 77 (April 21, 2016)

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FR Document2016-09355

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 23529]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09355]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT: 

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF THE MEETING: Thursday, April 21, 
2016 at 2:00 p.m.

CHANGES IN THE MEETING: The Closed Meeting scheduled for Thursday, 
April 21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., has been cancelled.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to 
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, 
please contact the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400.

    Dated: April 18, 2016.
Brent J. Fields,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-09355 Filed 4-19-16; 11:15 am]
 BILLING CODE 8011-01-P



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                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                           due, fee, or other charge imposed by the              rebates for Customer 7 and Market
                                                  Direct questions regarding the service                     Exchange under Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii)                Maker 8 orders. The Exchange proposes
                                                  contract inventory to Vance Cathell,                       of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(2)                     to add an additional Customer Volume
                                                  Director Office of Acquisitions                            thereunder,4 which renders the                        Tier to footnote 1.
                                                  202.551.8385 or CathellV@sec.gov.                          proposed rule change effective upon                     Fee code PC and NC are currently
                                                    Dated: April 15, 2016.                                   filing with the Commission. The                       appended to all Customer orders in
                                                  Brent J. Fields,                                           Commission is publishing this notice to               Penny Pilot Securities 9 and Non-Penny
                                                  Secretary.
                                                                                                             solicit comments on the proposed rule                 Pilot Securities,10 respectively and
                                                                                                             change from interested persons.                       result in a standard rebate of $0.01 per
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–09202 Filed 4–20–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                   contract. The Customer Volume Tiers in
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                     I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
                                                                                                                                                                   footnote 1 consist of five separate tiers,
                                                                                                             Statement of the Terms of Substance of
                                                                                                                                                                   each providing an enhanced rebate to a
                                                                                                             the Proposed Rule Change
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                                                                          Member’s Customer orders that yield fee
                                                                                                                The Exchange filed a proposal to                   codes PC or NC upon satisfying monthly
                                                  COMMISSION                                                 amend the fee schedule applicable to                  volume criteria required by the
                                                  Sunshine Act Meeting; Cancellation                         Members 5 and non-members of the                      respective tier. For instance, pursuant to
                                                                                                             Exchange pursuant to Exchange Rules                   Customer Volume Tier 1, the lowest
                                                  FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS                      15.1(a) and (c).                                      volume tier, a Member will receive a
                                                  ANNOUNCEMENT:                                                 The text of the proposed rule change               rebate of $0.05 per contract where the
                                                  PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF                      is available at the Exchange’s Web site               Member has an ADV 11 in Customer
                                                  THE MEETING: Thursday, April 21, 2016                      at www.batstrading.com, at the                        orders equal to or greater than 0.10% of
                                                  at 2:00 p.m.                                               principal office of the Exchange, and at              average TCV.12 Pursuant to Customer
                                                  CHANGES IN THE MEETING:   The Closed                       the Commission’s Public Reference                     Volume Tier 5, the highest volume tier,
                                                  Meeting scheduled for Thursday, April                      Room.                                                 a Member will receive a rebate of $0.25
                                                  21, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., has been                            II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s                    per contract where the Member has an
                                                  cancelled.                                                 Statement of the Purpose of, and                      ADV in Customer orders equal to or
                                                  CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:                       Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                greater than 0.80% of average TCV. To
                                                  For further information and to ascertain                   Change                                                encourage the entry of additional orders
                                                  what, if any, matters have been added,                                                                           to EDGX Options, the Exchange
                                                                                                                In its filing with the Commission, the
                                                  deleted or postponed, please contact the                                                                         proposes to adopt a new Tier 6 with
                                                                                                             Exchange included statements
                                                  Office of the Secretary at (202) 551–                                                                            different qualifying criteria.
                                                                                                             concerning the purpose of and basis for
                                                  5400.                                                                                                            Specifically, under new Tier 6, the
                                                                                                             the proposed rule change and discussed
                                                                                                                                                                   Exchange proposes to provide a rebate
                                                    Dated: April 18, 2016.                                   any comments it received on the
                                                                                                                                                                   of $0.21 per contract where: (1) The
                                                  Brent J. Fields,                                           proposed rule change. The text of these
                                                                                                                                                                   Member has an ADV in Customer orders
                                                  Secretary.                                                 statements may be examined at the
                                                                                                                                                                   equal to or greater than 0.25% of
                                                  [FR Doc. 2016–09355 Filed 4–19–16; 11:15 am]               places specified in Item IV below. The
                                                                                                                                                                   average TCV; and (2) the Member has an
                                                                                                             Exchange has prepared summaries, set
                                                  BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                                                                           ADV in Market Maker Orders equal to
                                                                                                             forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of
                                                                                                                                                                   or greater than 0.25% of average TCV.
                                                                                                             the most significant parts of such
                                                                                                                                                                     The Exchange notes that the rebate of
                                                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                    statements.
                                                                                                                                                                   $0.21 per contract is the same rebate as
                                                  COMMISSION                                                 (A) Self-Regulatory Organization’s                    Tier 4, which is provided where the
                                                  [Release No. 34–77631; File No. SR–                        Statement of the Purpose of, and                      Member has an ADV in Customer orders
                                                  BatsEDGX–2016–09]                                          Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule                equal to or greater than 0.50% of
                                                                                                             Change                                                average TCV. By introducing Tier 6, the
                                                  Self-Regulatory Organizations; Bats
                                                  EDGX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing                      1. Purpose                                               7 The term ‘‘Customer’’ applies to any transaction

                                                  and Immediate Effectiveness of a                              The Exchange proposes to amend its                 identified by a Member for clearing in the Customer
                                                  Proposed Rule Change Related to Fees                       fee schedule for its equity options                   range at the Options Clearing Corporation (‘‘OCC’’),
                                                                                                                                                                   excluding any transaction for a Broker Dealer or a
                                                  as They Apply to the Equities Options                      platform (‘‘EDGX Options’’) to add a                  ‘‘Professional’’ as defined in Exchange Rule 16.1.
                                                  Platform                                                   new tier to its existing tiered pricing                  8 The term ‘‘Market Maker’’ applies to any

                                                                                                             structure, as further described below.6               transaction identified by a Member for clearing in
                                                  April 15, 2016.                                                                                                  the Market Maker range at the OCC, where such
                                                                                                                The Exchange currently offers two
                                                     Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the                     pricing tiers under footnotes 1 and 2 of              Member is registered with the Exchange as a Market
                                                  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the                                                                             Maker as defined in Rule 16.1(a)(37).
                                                                                                             the fee schedule, Customer Volume                        9 The term ‘‘Penny Pilot Security’’ applies to
                                                  ‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2                     Tiers and Market Maker Volume Tiers,                  those issues that are quoted pursuant to Exchange
                                                  notice is hereby given that on April 7,                    respectively. Under the tiers, Members                Rule 21.5, Interpretation and Policy .01.
                                                  2016, Bats EDGX Exchange, Inc. (the                        that achieve certain volume criteria may                 10 The term ‘‘Non-Penny Pilot Security’’ applies

                                                  ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘EDGX’’) filed with the                   qualify for reduced fees or enhanced                  to those issues that are not Penny Pilot Securities
                                                  Securities and Exchange Commission                                                                               quoted pursuant to Exchange Rule 21.5,
                                                                                                                                                                   Interpretation and Policy .01.
                                                  (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule                           3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).                          11 ‘‘ADV’’ means average daily volume calculated
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                                                  change as described in Items I, II and III                   4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).                           as the number of contracts added or removed,
                                                  below, which Items have been prepared                        5 The term ‘‘Member’’ is defined as ‘‘any           combined, per day.
                                                  by the Exchange. The Exchange has                          registered broker or dealer that has been admitted       12 ‘‘TCV’’ means total consolidated volume

                                                  designated the proposed rule change as                     to membership in the Exchange.’’ See Exchange         calculated as the volume reported by all exchanges
                                                                                                             Rule 1.5(n).                                          to the consolidated transaction reporting plan for
                                                  one establishing or changing a member                        6 The Exchange initially filed the proposed         the month for which the fees apply, excluding
                                                                                                             change on April 1, 2016 (SR–BatsEDGX–2016–08).        volume on any day that the Exchange experiences
                                                    1 15   U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).                                 On April 7, 2016, the Exchange withdrew SR–           an Exchange System Disruption and on any day
                                                    2 17   CFR 240.19b–4.                                    BatsEDGX–2016–08 and submitted this filing).          with a scheduled early market close.



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FR Citation81 FR 23529 

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